Question about Acrylic Nails - Beauty & Cosmetics Message Board

Kayley · 04-09-2004, 09:58 AM

I wonder if this has happened to anyone else. I have acrylic nails. I just got them for the first time a couple of months ago, and already I've been through 3 different technicians trying to find a good one. I like the last one alright, but the problem is, I have some redness at the bottom of a few of my nails, where the cuticle is. It seems to go up with my nails as they grow. I say redness, but it's more of a dark pink color. When I first get them done, it's pretty faint, but as they grow, it gets more noticeable. I went back and asked the nail tech what it was and I couldn't really understand her because she doesn't speak English very well. She said something about my nails being thin. Any ideas of what could be causing this? Thanks!

meghansmom · 04-11-2004, 06:35 PM

i used to wear acrylics too and that happened to me. i wore them for probably a year and a half. when they use the drill on your nails, its makes them thinner therefore you can see pink colr of the skin under your fingernails. i would of kept mine but i had a baby so i didn't want to scratch her. that's why i took them off.

hope that helps.

Kayley · 04-11-2004, 07:45 PM

Thank you for replying to my question. That makes perfect sense to me. I like the acrylics better than the gel nails, which I had at first. They seem much more durable and more natural looking. Of course alot of it probably depends on the technique the tech uses. My daughter told me the pink isn't even noticeable, and it's only on a couple of them. Thanks again!

Kayley

maak823 · 04-12-2004, 08:05 AM

The problem is not your nails- it is the drills that those cheap salons use. You should NEVER allow any tech to use a drill on your natural nail- AND really even over the acrylic. This damages your nail beds, not to mention that those shops are not using good products- how else do you think they can do them at such a low cost. If you really want to wear acrylics, then you need to go to a REPUTABLE salon, with a LICENSED tech who can hand file. Many of these "foreign" shops have people there who are not actually licensed working there- I know this because I have a friend who is an inspector and has told me how many of these shops get shut down as soon as an inspector walks in. Many are unsanitary and have several issues.

For now- I would reccomend taking off the acrylics, and letting your nails heal. Use a good top coat type product such as Seche Vite or Nail Envy to help protect them.

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Originally Posted by Kayley

I wonder if this has happened to anyone else. I have acrylic nails. I just got them for the first time a couple of months ago, and already I've been through 3 different technicians trying to find a good one. I like the last one alright, but the problem is, I have some redness at the bottom of a few of my nails, where the cuticle is. It seems to go up with my nails as they grow. I say redness, but it's more of a dark pink color. When I first get them done, it's pretty faint, but as they grow, it gets more noticeable. I went back and asked the nail tech what it was and I couldn't really understand her because she doesn't speak English very well. She said something about my nails being thin. Any ideas of what could be causing this? Thanks!

Kayley · 04-12-2004, 08:20 AM

Thanks, Maak
I have been to 4 different places trying to find somebody who would do a good job. The first place was a salon, and she made the nails waaaay to thick, the second place I went, they looked fine at first, but a couple days later, the pink started showing up. The third place is where I am going now, and they had to take off the old nails and put new ones on. I appreciate your advice. I'm going to check out a new place and have them take a look at them.
Kayley